Pinnacle Advisory 13F annual report

Pinnacle Advisory is an investment fund managing more than $2.17 billion ran by Karima Escalona. There are currently 134 companies in Mrs. Escalona’s portfolio. The largest investments include Select Sector Spdr Tr and Janus Detroit Str Tr, together worth $684 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$2.17 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th May 2021, Pinnacle Advisory’s top holding is 6,380,691 shares of Select Sector Spdr Tr currently worth over $544 million and making up 25.0% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 2,691,131 shares of Janus Detroit Str Tr worth $140 million. The third-largest holding is Ishares Tr worth $445 million and the next is Graniteshares Etf Tr worth $70.2 million, with 2,813,411 shares owned.

Currently, Pinnacle Advisory's portfolio is worth at least $2.17 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Pinnacle Advisory

The Pinnacle Advisory office and employees reside in Columbia, Maryland. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Karima Escalona serves as the OPERATIONS SPECIALIST at Pinnacle Advisory.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Pinnacle Advisory revealed that it had opened a new position in World Gold Tr and bought 2,223,651 shares worth $37.8 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Select Sector Spdr Tr by buying 571,420 additional shares. This makes their stake in Select Sector Spdr Tr total 6,380,691 shares worth $544 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Pinnacle Advisory is getting rid of from its portfolio. Pinnacle Advisory closed its position in World Gold Tr on 12th May 2021. It sold the previously owned 2,137,259 shares for $40.5 million. Karima Escalona also disclosed a decreased stake in J P Morgan Exchange-traded F by 0.4%. This leaves the value of the investment at $38.1 million and 751,189 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Pinnacle Advisory are Platinum Equity Advisors, de and Krane Funds Advisors. They manage $2.17 billion and $2.17 billion respectively.


Karima Escalona investment strategy

Pinnacle Advisory’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Miscellaneous — making up 1.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 38.8% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 34% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 5.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $267 billion.

The complete list of Pinnacle Advisory trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 12th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Select Sector Spdr Tr
9.84%
6,380,691
$543,742,000 25.03%
Janus Detroit Str Tr
33.39%
2,691,131
$140,431,000 6.47%
Ishares Tr
18.91%
4,457,899
$445,467,000 20.51%
Graniteshares Etf Tr
194.40%
2,813,411
$70,190,000 3.23%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
105.27%
1,368,431
$62,592,000 2.88%
Ishares Inc
15.83%
4,501,517
$224,730,000 10.35%
Global X Fds
32.96%
2,129,350
$53,445,000 2.46%
Spdr Ser Tr
62.73%
2,345,594
$107,323,000 4.94%
Franklin Templeton Etf Tr
119.23%
2,138,201
$53,933,000 2.48%
World Gold Tr
Closed
2,137,259
$40,480,000
J P Morgan Exchange-traded F
37.94%
751,189
$38,127,000 1.76%
World Gold Tr
Opened
2,223,651
$37,802,000 1.74%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
37.12%
643,975
$36,339,000 1.67%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
Opened
679,465
$31,235,000 1.44%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Opened
635,024
$31,222,000 1.44%
Schwab Strategic Tr
13.71%
1,229,395
$80,225,000 3.69%
Vanguard World Fds
3.15%
157,914
$29,638,000 1.36%
Fidelity Covington Trust
26.95%
519,850
$24,561,000 1.13%
Apple Inc
218.31%
78,240
$9,557,000 0.44%
Barclays Bank PLC
33.40%
395,732
$9,363,000 0.43%
UGI Corp.
Opened
207,684
$8,517,000 0.39%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
27.65%
239,590
$8,843,000 0.41%
Vanguard Index Fds
32.14%
41,513
$9,073,000 0.42%
Vanguard Tax-managed Intl Fd
Opened
110,541
$5,429,000 0.25%
Alphabet Inc
4.16%
4,035
$8,335,000 0.38%
Microsoft Corporation
220.36%
17,623
$4,155,000 0.19%
Vanguard Tax-managed Intl Fd
Closed
75,650
$3,571,000
Pimco Etf Tr
33.00%
50,428
$5,185,000 0.24%
Aberdeen Std Precious Metals
11.48%
34,896
$3,234,000 0.15%
Philip Morris International Inc
Opened
35,189
$3,123,000 0.14%
Vaneck Vectors Etf Tr
46.39%
84,130
$2,734,000 0.13%
UBS AG London Branch
31.50%
170,890
$2,679,000 0.12%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Opened
30,731
$2,526,000 0.12%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
70.41%
53,070
$2,802,000 0.13%
Etfs Tr
14.44%
101,146
$2,355,000 0.11%
Global X Fds
Closed
83,829
$2,259,000
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
30,941
$2,885,000 0.13%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
36.96%
26,512
$2,055,000 0.09%
Amazon.com Inc.
257.74%
601
$1,860,000 0.09%
Altria Group Inc.
Opened
35,514
$1,817,000 0.08%
Ishares Tr
Opened
37,548
$3,245,000 0.15%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
37.46%
4,374
$1,734,000 0.08%
Invesco Actively Managed Etf
32.31%
33,338
$1,683,000 0.08%
Highland Fds I
21.25%
103,762
$1,671,000 0.08%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
11.60%
113,398
$2,781,000 0.13%
Procter And Gamble Co
51.22%
11,301
$1,531,000 0.07%
Dbx Etf Tr
20.35%
61,936
$2,720,000 0.13%
Johnson & Johnson
54.76%
8,498
$1,397,000 0.06%
Ishares Gold Trust
Closed
72,136
$1,308,000
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
23,046
$4,021,000 0.19%
NextEra Energy Inc
265.35%
16,017
$1,211,000 0.06%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
56.85%
4,395
$1,123,000 0.05%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
96.47%
19,993
$1,116,000 0.05%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
0.98%
20,558
$1,833,000 0.08%
International Business Machs
205.19%
7,352
$980,000 0.05%
Bk Of America Corp
9.16%
25,108
$971,000 0.04%
Wisdomtree Tr
72.90%
18,912
$964,000 0.04%
AT&T Inc.
46.06%
31,610
$957,000 0.04%
AMGEN Inc.
Opened
3,788
$943,000 0.04%
10x Genomics, Inc.
Opened
5,179
$937,000 0.04%
Mondelez International Inc.
Opened
15,494
$907,000 0.04%
Boeing Co.
72.96%
3,281
$836,000 0.04%
Adobe Systems Incorporated
No change
1,600
$761,000 0.04%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
89.52%
15,819
$758,000 0.03%
Wisdomtree Tr
Closed
34,202
$1,313,000
Ishares Tr
Closed
26,997
$1,387,000
NVIDIA Corp
Opened
1,331
$711,000 0.03%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Opened
11,765
$706,000 0.03%
Pfizer Inc.
91.49%
17,939
$650,000 0.03%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Closed
17,545
$641,000
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
Opened
7,557
$640,000 0.03%
Cisco Sys Inc
153.13%
11,816
$611,000 0.03%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
182.20%
11,889
$604,000 0.03%
Pepsico Inc
76.46%
4,272
$604,000 0.03%
Snap Inc
19.41%
11,283
$590,000 0.03%
Community Bk Sys Inc
Opened
7,488
$574,000 0.03%
Mcdonalds Corp
24.65%
2,554
$572,000 0.03%
Verizon Communications Inc
15.28%
9,765
$568,000 0.03%
Visa Inc
77.00%
2,671
$566,000 0.03%
CSX Corp.
140.35%
5,831
$562,000 0.03%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Closed
10,503
$541,000
Automatic Data Processing In
6.97%
2,853
$538,000 0.02%
Proshares Tr
6.27%
6,673
$523,000 0.02%
Facebook Inc
57.69%
1,774
$522,000 0.02%
Schwab Strategic Tr
Opened
20,442
$1,232,000 0.06%
Norfolk Southn Corp
70.20%
1,879
$505,000 0.02%
Disney Walt Co
41.80%
2,697
$498,000 0.02%
Tesla Inc
Opened
741
$495,000 0.02%
Walmart Inc
85.17%
3,620
$492,000 0.02%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
40.41%
12,543
$768,000 0.04%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Opened
3,147
$479,000 0.02%
Dominion Energy Inc
Opened
6,261
$476,000 0.02%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
60.48%
3,184
$468,000 0.02%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Opened
1,246
$460,000 0.02%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
No change
2,583
$453,000 0.02%
Union Pac Corp
Opened
2,042
$450,000 0.02%
Truist Finl Corp
Opened
7,420
$433,000 0.02%
Lilly Eli & Co
Opened
2,306
$431,000 0.02%
Global X Fds
Opened
22,881
$431,000 0.02%
Comerica, Inc.
No change
5,933
$426,000 0.02%
CVS Health Corp
18.67%
5,562
$418,000 0.02%
Mastercard Incorporated
Opened
1,151
$410,000 0.02%
Merck & Co Inc
49.89%
5,297
$408,000 0.02%
Blackstone Group Inc (The)
Opened
5,375
$401,000 0.02%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
Opened
2,219
$381,000 0.02%
Fidelity Covington Trust
Opened
11,199
$874,000 0.04%
Pinterest Inc
Closed
5,357
$353,000
Nushares Etf Tr
23.75%
16,999
$600,000 0.03%
Exact Sciences Corp.
Opened
2,532
$334,000 0.02%
Smith A O Corp
No change
4,800
$325,000 0.01%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Opened
5,091
$321,000 0.01%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
34.66%
2,133
$302,000 0.01%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
3,779
$298,000 0.01%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
3,014
$293,000 0.01%
Citigroup Inc
Opened
3,997
$291,000 0.01%
Sony Corporation.
Opened
2,738
$290,000 0.01%
Moderna Inc
Opened
2,104
$276,000 0.01%
Fedex Corp
Opened
973
$276,000 0.01%
Idacorp, Inc.
Opened
2,715
$271,000 0.01%
The Southern Co.
29.21%
4,188
$260,000 0.01%
BP plc
Opened
10,670
$260,000 0.01%
Intel Corp.
Opened
4,045
$259,000 0.01%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
1,915
$254,000 0.01%
Kraft Heinz Co
Opened
5,832
$233,000 0.01%
Listed Fd Tr
Closed
8,500
$231,000
Coca-Cola Co
Closed
4,209
$231,000
M & T Bk Corp
Opened
1,495
$227,000 0.01%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
Opened
978
$222,000 0.01%
Ford Mtr Co Del
Opened
17,823
$218,000 0.01%
Comcast Corp New
Opened
3,973
$215,000 0.01%
Starbucks Corp.
Opened
1,957
$214,000 0.01%
Emerson Elec Co
Opened
2,366
$213,000 0.01%
Lowes Cos Inc
Opened
1,117
$212,000 0.01%
ADT Inc
Opened
25,000
$211,000 0.01%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
691
$211,000 0.01%
Spdr Gold Tr
Opened
1,314
$210,000 0.01%
Target Corp
Opened
1,058
$210,000 0.01%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
Opened
9,401
$208,000 0.01%
Costco Whsl Corp New
Opened
585
$206,000 0.01%
ACNB Corp.
Opened
6,950
$204,000 0.01%
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc
Opened
10,000
$198,000 0.01%
Shift Technologies, Inc.
Opened
20,000
$166,000 0.01%
Alkaline Wtr Co Inc
Opened
40,000
$44,000 0.00%
CSI Compressco LP
Opened
16,000
$29,000 0.00%
Goldmining Inc
Opened
10,241
$17,000 0.00%
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